Prospect Capital (PSEC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume → The Only Energy Play You Should Be Looking At (From Wealthpin Pro) (Ad) Free PSEC Stock Alerts $5.61 -0.01 (-0.18%) (As of 10:21 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Short InterestStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Prospect Capital Short Interest DataCurrent Short Interest25,060,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest23,760,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+5.47%Dollar Volume Sold Short$141.84 millionShort Interest Ratio13.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateMay 15, 2024Outstanding Shares417,758,000 sharesFloat Size305,410,000 sharesShort Percent of Float8.21%Today's Trading Volume398,269 sharesAverage Trading Volume1,961,823 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average20% Short Selling Prospect Capital ? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Prospect Capital and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartPSEC Short Interest Over TimePSEC Days to Cover Over TimePSEC Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Priority GoldAlert: Your Bank is Dying – Act Now or Lose Everything!Get your free information kit NOW, before it’s too late. Inside you’ll get the 3 secret strategies you can put in place starting today, so “they” don’t get your money tomorrow.Click here for your free guide Prospect Capital Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 5/15/202425,060,000 shares $141.84 million +5.5%8.2%13.9 $5.66 4/30/202423,760,000 shares $123.79 million +8.6%7.8%11.3 $5.21 4/15/202421,880,000 shares $118.59 million -6.3%7.2%10.5 $5.42 3/31/202423,360,000 shares $128.95 million +6.3%7.7%10.8 $5.52 3/15/202421,980,000 shares $122.21 million -0.2%7.0%10 $5.56 2/29/202422,020,000 shares $121.55 million -2.2%7.1%9.8 $5.52 Get the Latest News and Ratings for PSEC and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Prospect Capital and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/202422,510,000 shares $128.31 million +19.7%7.3%10.2 $5.70 1/31/202418,800,000 shares $110.17 million +0.4%6.1%9.5 $5.86 1/15/202418,720,000 shares $113.44 million -3.6%6.1%8.9 $6.06 12/31/202319,420,000 shares $116.33 million -2.7%6.3%10 $5.99 12/15/202319,960,000 shares $120.16 million +4.5%6.7%10.4 $6.02 11/30/202319,110,000 shares $106.82 million +12.0%6.4%10.9 $5.59 11/15/202317,060,000 shares $99.12 million +8.4%5.7%9.9 $5.81 10/31/202315,740,000 shares $80.90 million +13.9%5.3%9.8 $5.14 10/15/202313,820,000 shares $81.81 million +2.1%4.7%9.4 $5.92 9/30/202313,530,000 shares $81.86 million +1.4%4.6%9.6 $6.05 9/15/202313,340,000 shares $83.38 million +1.8%4.4%9.6 $6.25 8/31/202313,100,000 shares $79.91 million +21.5%4.3%9.6 $6.10 8/15/202310,780,000 shares $67.16 million +32.4%3.6%8.2 $6.23 7/31/20238,140,000 shares $51.77 million +4.6%2.7%6.2 $6.36 7/15/20237,780,000 shares $49.95 million +2.1%2.6%5.6 $6.42 6/30/20237,620,000 shares $47.24 million +9.6%2.6%5.5 $6.20 6/15/20236,950,000 shares $43.65 million +6.8%2.3%4.9 $6.28 5/31/20236,510,000 shares $40.10 million -9.3%2.2%4.1 $6.16 5/15/20237,180,000 shares $43.87 million +25.3%2.4%4.6 $6.11 4/30/20235,730,000 shares $39.02 million +6.9%2.0%3.8 $6.81 4/15/20235,360,000 shares $36.93 million -12.6%1.8%3.9 $6.89 3/31/20236,130,000 shares $42.66 million -2.2%2.1%4.4 $6.96 3/15/20236,270,000 shares $42.01 million +8.5%2.2%4.3 $6.70 2/28/20235,780,000 shares $42.83 million +2.7%2.0%4.4 $7.41 2/15/20235,630,000 shares $43.07 million +0.2%1.9%4.4 $7.65 1/31/20235,620,000 shares $42.15 million +0.9%2.0%4.3 $7.50 1/15/20235,570,000 shares $41.00 million -6.2%1.9%4.2 $7.36 12/30/20225,940,000 shares $41.52 million -11.2%2.1%4.5 $6.99 12/15/20226,690,000 shares $48.64 million -1.5%2.3%4.8 $7.27 11/30/20226,790,000 shares $52.55 million +5.9%2.4%4.7 $7.74 11/15/20226,410,000 shares $48.52 million -6.6%2.2%4.1 $7.57 10/31/20226,860,000 shares $49.80 million -6.7%2.4%4.5 $7.26 10/15/20227,350,000 shares $49.02 million +2.1%2.6%4.8 $6.67 9/30/20227,200,000 shares $44.64 million -1.6%2.5%4.7 $6.20The Only Energy Play You Should Be Looking At (Ad)Open AI’s Sam Altman recently helped this company raise $577 million in funding… What’s more is, It has already inked deals with the Department of Energy.Click here to get all the information about it. 9/15/20227,320,000 shares $54.17 million -5.1%2.6%5.2 $7.40 8/31/20227,710,000 shares $57.67 million +8.9%2.7%5.1 $7.48 8/15/20227,080,000 shares $57.70 million No Change2.5%4.9 $8.15 7/31/20227,080,000 shares $54.52 million -6.7%2.3%4.3 $7.70 7/15/20227,590,000 shares $54.57 million -1.8%2.5%4.2 $7.19 6/30/20227,730,000 shares $54.03 million +8.3%2.6%4.2 $6.99 6/15/20227,140,000 shares $50.48 million +7.7%2.4%3.9 $7.07 5/31/20226,630,000 shares $50.98 million +14.9%2.3%4 $7.69 5/15/20225,770,000 shares $44.26 million +5.5%2.0%3.3 $7.67 4/30/20225,470,000 shares $42.12 million +12.3%1.9%3.3 $7.70 4/15/20224,870,000 shares $40.37 million +5.9%1.7%2.9 $8.29 3/31/20224,600,000 shares $38.09 million +8.8%1.6%2.7 $8.28 3/15/20224,230,000 shares $33.71 million -2.1%1.5%2.3 $7.97 2/28/20224,320,000 shares $34.82 million +11.6%1.5%2.2 $8.06 2/15/20223,870,000 shares $32.16 million +1.0%1.4%2 $8.31 1/31/20223,830,000 shares $32.17 million -15.5%1.4%1.9 $8.40 1/15/20224,530,000 shares $39.68 million +3.4%1.6%2.4 $8.76 12/31/20214,380,000 shares $36.84 million -16.7%1.6%2.5 $8.41 12/15/20215,260,000 shares $44.08 million -2.2%1.9%3 $8.38 11/30/20215,380,000 shares $45.95 million -20.4%1.9%3.2 $8.54 11/15/20216,760,000 shares $59.89 million -15.1%2.4%3.9 $8.86 10/29/20217,960,000 shares $65.19 million +0.5%2.8%4.7 $8.19 10/15/20217,920,000 shares $64.79 million -15.0%2.8%4.9 $8.18 9/30/20219,320,000 shares $71.76 million +3.9%3.3%5.5 $7.70 9/15/20218,970,000 shares $70.86 million -1.0%3.2%4.8 $7.90 8/31/20219,060,000 shares $71.94 million -7.1%3.2%4.7 $7.94 8/13/20219,750,000 shares $80.15 million +3.2%3.5%4.9 $8.22 7/30/20219,450,000 shares $76.55 million -6.0%3.4%4.2 $8.10 7/15/202110,050,000 shares $81.81 million -4.8%3.6%4.2 $8.14 6/30/202110,560,000 shares $88.60 million -0.9%3.8%4.4 $8.39 6/15/202110,650,000 shares $94.57 million -3.5%3.8%4.4 $8.88 5/28/202111,030,000 shares $93.64 million -6.3%4.0%4.5 $8.49 5/14/202111,770,000 shares $92.16 million +1.4%4.2%4.8 $7.83 4/30/202111,610,000 shares $94.85 million -1.6%4.2%4.2 $8.17 4/15/202111,800,000 shares $93.93 million -4.2%4.2%4 $7.96 3/31/202112,320,000 shares $96.22 million -5.5%4.4%4.1 $7.81 3/15/202113,040,000 shares $97.67 million -2.2%4.7%4.4 $7.49 2/26/202113,330,000 shares $97.04 million -15.4%4.8%4.6 $7.28 2/12/202115,760,000 shares $111.27 million -16.1%5.7%5.8 $7.06 1/29/202118,780,000 shares $117.94 million +0.1%6.8%8 $6.28 1/15/202118,760,000 shares $107.31 million +3.4%6.8%8.8 $5.72 12/31/202018,150,000 shares $99.28 million +2.1%6.6%10 $5.47 12/15/202017,770,000 shares $97.56 million +1.0%6.4%10.8 $5.49 11/30/202017,590,000 shares $96.92 million +4.8%6.3%11.4 $5.51 11/15/202016,780,000 shares $86.08 million -4.1%6.0%11 $5.13 10/30/202017,490,000 shares $87.62 million -3.8%6.3%12.7 $5.01 10/15/202018,180,000 shares $93.81 million -11.6%6.6%14.3 $5.16 9/30/202020,560,000 shares $103.42 million -3.7%7.5%16.1 $5.03 9/15/202021,350,000 shares $106.54 million -0.9%7.7%14.8 $4.99 8/31/202021,540,000 shares $109.85 million -1.6%7.7%13.8 $5.10The Only Energy Play You Should Be Looking At (Ad)Open AI’s Sam Altman recently helped this company raise $577 million in funding… What’s more is, It has already inked deals with the Department of Energy.Click here to get all the information about it. 8/14/202021,890,000 shares $111.64 million -5.3%8.0%12.7 $5.10 7/31/202023,120,000 shares $115.83 million -1.9%8.4%11.6 $5.01 7/15/202023,570,000 shares $116.44 million -4.0%8.7%10.8 $4.94 6/30/202024,540,000 shares $125.40 million +5.9%9.0%9.4 $5.11 6/15/202023,170,000 shares $122.34 million -2.0%8.4%7.9 $5.28 5/29/202023,650,000 shares $119.91 million +3.8%8.6%5.9 $5.07 5/15/202022,790,000 shares $100.50 million +2.2%8.3%5.1 $4.41 4/30/202022,310,000 shares $96.83 million +8.2%8.2%5.3 $4.34 4/15/202020,620,000 shares $87.43 million -3.7%7.6%5 $4.24 3/31/202021,410,000 shares $89.92 million +60.6%7.8%5.6 $4.20 3/13/202013,328,100 shares $60.64 million +2.8%4.4%2.8 $4.55 2/28/202012,970,000 shares $52.40 million +21.7%4.3%5.8 $4.04 2/14/202010,660,000 shares $54.26 million -15.3%3.5%6.3 $5.09 1/31/202012,580,000 shares $77.24 million -2.6%4.2%8 $6.14 1/15/202012,910,000 shares $84.30 million +0.4%4.3%8.1 $6.53 12/31/201912,860,000 shares $84.62 million -5.2%4.3%8.5 $6.58 8/15/201919,642,200 shares $130.82 million +4.6%6.5%13.1 $6.66 PSEC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Prospect Capital's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Prospect Capital shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, traders have sold 25,060,000 shares of PSEC short. 8.21% of Prospect Capital's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Prospect Capital's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Prospect Capital? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. PSEC shares currently have a short interest ratio of 14.0. Learn More on Prospect Capital's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Prospect Capital? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Prospect Capital: Walleye Trading LLC, Whitebox Advisors LLC, and Anson Funds Management LP. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Prospect Capital? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 8.21% of Prospect Capital's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Prospect Capital's short interest increasing or decreasing? Prospect Capital saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 25,060,000 shares, an increase of 5.5% from the previous total of 23,760,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Prospect Capital's float size? Prospect Capital currently has issued a total of 417,758,000 shares. Some of Prospect Capital's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Prospect Capital currently has a public float of 305,410,000 shares. How does Prospect Capital's short interest compare to its competitors? 8.21% of Prospect Capital's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Prospect Capital: SEI Investments (1.70%), Invesco Ltd. (1.89%), Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (1.98%), Main Street Capital Co. (3.95%), Cohen & Steers, Inc. (10.18%), Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (2.58%), Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (0.93%), Oaktree Specialty Lending Co. (3.06%), Capital Southwest Co. (2.02%), BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. (1.24%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.81 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.30 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.10 billion), General Motors ($2.84 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.77 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.22 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.12 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($2.12 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Prospect Capital stock? Short selling PSEC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Prospect Capital as its price is falling. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Prospect Capital? A short squeeze for Prospect Capital occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of PSEC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Prospect Capital's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including PSEC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2024. 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